Census of Population and Housing 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2010

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Reference ID

ZMB_2010_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Method of acquiring housing (ZM2010A_0061)

Data file: ZMB2010-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 203

End: 203

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

HH8. How was this housing unit acquired?

[] 1 Purchased
[] 2 Mortgage
[] 3 Freely
[] 4 Inherited
[] 5 Self built
[] 6 Other

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Purchased
2	Mortgage
3	Freely
4	Inherited
5	Self-built
6	Other
9	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

HH - 8: How was this housing unit acquired?

Ask how this housing unit was acquired.

Mortgage

Mortgage is a loan you take out to buy property. Most banks and the Zambia National Building Society offer mortgages.

Inherited

To inherit something is to get it from one's ancestors through legal succession it mean to take possession due to perceived right or dominating ability to do so.

Freely

This is when somebody receives from somebody for free, e.g from friend, an employer or a neighbor.

Then shade the appropriate code depending on the response given. For any response to this question, skip to A1.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the main method of acquiring the housing unit used by the household.

Universe

Households that own the housing unit

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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